Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 175 Wedding Date
The people of Taoyaofang were eating melon seeds and watching the show at the entrance of Fenghua Pavilion.

Seeing so many people gathered at the door, Zhong Lanhua grabbed a feather duster and chased them away. After driving everyone out of the shop, she closed the door, cutting off the view from outside.

Xiao Yanci immediately spotted Su Yaoguang whispering with Zhou Wangshu. Su Yaoguang's gaze was filled with disdain and sarcasm, a far cry from the tender and affectionate look she had in her previous life.

At that moment, Xiao Yanci felt a pang of regret.

In his past life, being with Su Yaoguang meant he didn't have so many troubles. Even though the Su family wasn't well-off, they never skimped on his food or clothing, always giving him the best of everything. But now, it seems like nothing is going right.

As Jiang Yihuan cried her heart out in his arms, Xiao Yanci cursed himself inwardly. Jiang Yihuan relied on him wholeheartedly, just like in his past life, and he hesitated for a moment. Besides, they had such a lovely child in their past life. His greatest guilt back then was not being able to openly acknowledge himself as the child's father, causing the child to be called a bastard. Now he could marry Jiang Yihuan; they would be a legitimate couple, and their future children wouldn't have to suffer anymore.

"I am grateful that you saved me, but it is impossible for me to marry you," Xiao Yanci said. "As you can see, Huan'er and I are the real couple."

“I’ve hugged you, touched you, you’re mine now,” Li Shengnan said fiercely. “And this woman, I’ve heard she’s been touched by more than a dozen men.”

“No, I didn’t,” Jiang Yihuan said, crying. “Those are all rumors.”

“Miss Li, you are both women, why are you making things difficult for her?” Xiao Yanci said angrily. “Huan’er and I met by the river. There were too many people yesterday, and someone pushed us, causing us to fall into the water. You saved me, and I am very grateful. Here’s what we’ll do: tell me how much silver you would give to repay this favor, and I’ll give you the silver as a way of repaying your kindness.”

Li Shengnan's three older brothers pulled her aside and whispered to her what she was thinking.

"If this man doesn't want to marry you, and you force him to, he won't treat you well. No matter how handsome he is, if he gives you the cold shoulder all the time, life won't be pleasant. How about we just take the money? With the money, if you want a handsome man, we'll buy you one. Don't you admire Boss Su across the street the most, saying she's bold and passionate, a heroine among women? Her handsome husband was bought."

Li Shengnan hesitated.

This person is quite good-looking, but good-looking as they are, they are somewhat disrespectful.

“Alright, then take one hundred taels,” Li Shengnan said. “Take more, I want to buy a handsome husband.”

"One hundred taels?" Zhong Lanhua shouted, "Why don't you just rob us?"

"Either one hundred taels, or he has to marry me. You two can discuss it yourselves!" Li Shengnan refused to budge.

They initially thought he was handsome and wanted to keep him as their man, but they insisted on haggling reluctantly. Now that she's backed down, there's no reason to make her back down again; after all, they owe her a life.

Seeing Zhang Zhaodi return from the other side, Su Yaoguang smiled and asked, "Did you hear what they were saying inside?"

Feng Hua Ge closed its doors, and those who had been watching the commotion dispersed. Zhang Zhaodi, curious about what would happen next, stood outside the door listening for a long time. Judging from her expression, she must have heard something interesting.

"The Li family agreed to settle it with silver, asking for one hundred taels, not a penny less. Zhong Lanhua cursed for a long time, and the Li family almost came to blows. In the end, Jiang Yihuan persuaded Zhong Lanhua to pay the silver, and the matter was resolved," Zhang Zhaodi said excitedly. "From what I heard, Jiang Yihuan and that Xiao Ci are engaged, and it seems they're rushing to get married to quell the recent gossip." Zhang Pandi chimed in, "Didn't Zhong Lanhua go around telling everyone that Xiao Ci was only qualified to marry her family's Jiang Yihuan after passing the imperial examination? Now, he hasn't even passed the county-level examination yet, let alone the provincial-level one!"

"After making such a fool of themselves, they dare not wait any longer. They fear that if they wait any longer, the gossip will make it impossible for Jiang Yihuan to even lift her head. Now they've directly announced that the two lovers had an accident while having a secret rendezvous by the river, and that they fell into the river because they were too emotional. They might as well get married sooner rather than later, which can be considered as fulfilling the wishes of the two lovers. As for the gossip outside, if it spreads now, they can have a legitimate reason to report it to the authorities, saying that those people molested a respectable woman and slandered her chastity. Such things that cause someone to lose their reputation are strictly opposed, and a little intimidation will silence them."

Zhou Wangshu nudged Su Yaoguang: "What are you spacing out for?"

Could it be that she was unhappy to hear that Xiao Yanci was going to marry Jiang Yihuan?

Su Yaoguang said, "I'm thinking of a new formula for nail polish. I'll talk about it when I figure it out."

"You're just standing here daydreaming about business?"

"Otherwise what?" Su Yaoguang looked at him suspiciously. "Besides business matters, do you have anything else to worry about right now?"

Now the whole family is living happily together. My second aunt and cousin have escaped that abyss, my aunt and uncle's relationship is getting better and better, and my uncle's health is getting better and better.

Most importantly, her mother is now happy every day, unlike in her previous life when her hair turned white prematurely, her face was covered in wrinkles, and she was always frowning and full of resentment. Now, she is radiant and no less beautiful than Zhong Lanhua. On the contrary, Zhong Lanhua, the famous and beautiful widow, has been having a lot of bad luck lately. Time has not spared her, and she has developed many wrinkles and gray hair.

“I’m going to the academy,” Zhou Wangshu said.

Su Yaoguang waved her hand: "Go!"

Zhou Wangshu looked down at her.

Su Yaoguang looked up in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"Are you really alright?" Zhou Wangshu asked again to confirm.

Su Yaoguang touched Zhou Wangshu's forehead: "You'd better stop studying. I feel like I'm going to go a little crazy from studying. What could possibly happen to me?"

Just as Zhou Wangshu left, Jia Chunni came over and said to Su Yaoguang, "Yang Quan came to see Jing'er for a medical consultation."

Su Yaoguang asked, confused, "Which Yang Quan?"

“The head chef at Fenghua Pavilion across the street makes all the rouge and face powder in their shop. He rarely shows his face because he has a black birthmark on his face, which looks quite scary.” Jia Chunni quickly explained, thinking that Jiang Jing also had a birthmark on her face, “I’m not saying Jing’er’s birthmark is scary, Jing’er isn’t scary at all, I’m saying that Yang Quan is scary.”

"He came to see Jing'er because of that birthmark?" Su Yaoguang understood. "But Jing'er's birthmark wasn't congenital; she was poisoned later. I'm afraid he'll be disappointed."